couched

Example Sentences

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Couched in the blunt AI talk is a warning for other CEOs: Be candid about the coming disruption, or risk a public backlash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Couched in anti-sceptic language, he claimed that "tactical" and "strategic" use of a new breed of smaller missile might be rational.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023

Couched in the language and pace of a thriller, it explores the gray areas in which we all exist.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

Couched in horror-film language, the new left-field hip-hop track “Blood of the Fang” concerns America’s most curdling story — that of slavery, centuries-long oppression and the country’s “addiction to blood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2020

From titles, honour, kingly sway, From every joy he turns away: Couched on cold earth, his days are passed With scanty fare and hermit's fast.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)